10/27/2020
John Laurence Busch, an independent historian, will examine how the first- and early-second generations of American and British steam-powered vessels (1807 - 1825) introduced “steaming” the mail from one place to another. Of particular focus will be the geographic factors that influenced where postal steam service was first introduced. Also of import will be the interplay between public and private initiatives to deliver the mail by steam. The presentation will close by suggesting that steam-powered vessels served as the vanguard of a progressive line of technologies, each of which had its own unique effect on the delivery of physical mail.
This presentation was recorded on October 27, 2020 during the 11th Postal History Symposium.
Video Duration: 57 minutes
John Laurence Busch
View More by John Laurence Busch
Tax Strategies for Owners of Philatelic Material and Other Collectibles
Postal History Symposium - Save the New Dates
Article of Distinction: Robert Louis Stevenson: Poet, Parts 1 and 2
Save the Date: 2024 Postal History Symposium
2022 Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium - Presentations and Videos
White Hall Makes the Cover
The New York Postmaster Provisional
Evolution of Intercity Mail Transportation Modes 1840-1880
Toll Gates & Toll Houses: Assistance or Hindrance for Mail Delivery Modes
The “Special” Postalization of Locale
Confederate States of America: Postal Innovation during the Civil War
2022 Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium: Schedule
Reserve Your Room for the Postal History Symposium Today!
Lights and Shadows of the Allied Stamps in Italy
Review of the 2022 Postal History Symposium
Article of Distinction: Tyrone, New Mexico – Utopia in War Time
From the Vault: December 1923
UNPA to Issue Endangered Species Stamps
USPS Issues New Floral Geometry Stamp
Scott English, Executive Director
Susanna Mills, Editor in Chief
X